{"id":146594,"date":"2026-02-26T21:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/146594\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T21:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:37:10","slug":"stunned-mom-gives-birth-to-massive-record-breaking-baby-at-ithaca-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/146594\/","title":{"rendered":"Stunned mom gives birth to massive, record-breaking baby at Ithaca hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, boy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An upstate New York mom couldn\u2019t believe her eyes when she gave birth to a record-breaking baby boy last month \u2013 a supersized bundle of joy nearly twice the size of an average newborn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stunned parents Terrica and Shawn anticipated they would have a hefty newborn but were left in disbelief when their son Shawn Jr. arrived on Jan. 31 at Cayuga Medical Center, weighing a whopping 13 pounds, the largest tot ever born at the Ithaca hospital, the facility announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew he\u2019d be bigger, but we didn\u2019t expect this,\u201d the mom of four said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38614431\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/one-family-welcomed-shawn-jr-122274120.jpg\" alt=\"Two newborns of vastly different sizes in hospital bassinets.\" class=\"wp-image-38614431\"  \/>The hospital shared a heartwarming photo on Facebook showing the giant newborn alongside 4-pound Margot, born the same day to parents Chloe and Victor.\u00a0 Facebook\/Cayuga Health, A Member of Centralus Health<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s already wearing 3 to 6 month diapers and clothes. It feels like I skipped straight to having a three-month-old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cayugahealth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The hospital shared a heartwarming photo on Facebook<\/a> showing the giant tyke alongside 4-pound Margot, born the same day to parents Chloe and Victor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chloe noted that Shawn\u2019s landmark birth made welcoming her tiny infant \u201ceven sweeter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really charming and such a good reminder that babies come in all shapes and sizes,\u201d the proud mom said in a statement, thanking the doctors, nurses and hospital staff for their care.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital celebrated both arrivals, highlighting that every baby and birth is unique and precious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese two births are a wonderful reminder that every baby and every birth story is unique,\u201d said Robyn Torgalski, System Director of Maternal Child Health at Centralus Health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether a newborn weighs four pounds or thirteen, our teams are prepared to provide the highest level of care to both baby and family. We\u2019re proud of the exceptional maternity care delivered at Cayuga Health, one of our valued affiliates, and honored to support families through moments like these.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The heaviest baby on record, weighing 22 pounds, was born in Italy in 1955, according to the Guinness World Records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oh, boy.\u00a0 An upstate New York mom couldn\u2019t believe her eyes when she gave birth to a record-breaking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7986,8705,57,13083,9,11,10,4014,817,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-146594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-babies","9":"tag-baby","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-moms","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-pregnancy","16":"tag-upstate-new-york","17":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}